| Those not invited to a mafraj a sunlit living-room at the top of Yemeni homes chew qat in the street or at work. It was not always like this. |
| Field visits were also made to farms and children who handle pesticides in spraying agricultural crops, particularly qat, were tested. |
| Chewing qat was endemic among the male population of Sana'a who could afford it and, according to local sources, had been for years. |
| They sit together and chew qat leaves and smoke the narghile, or water-pipe. |
| But the qat tree is the mainstay of the country's economy and the downfall of anyone foolish enough to question its pre-eminence. |
| But qat is alien, both in the West and in China, and that makes it an easy target. |
